A look at the headlines right now:
- Gang allegedly rapes four women, kills their relative after looting family on Bulandshahr highway: The attackers are believed to have stolen cash and valuables.
- Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter, son-in-law summoned by I-T department in benami assets case: Bharti, a Rajya Sabha MP, and her husband, Shailesh Kumar, have been asked to appear before the department in the first week of June.
- Woman returns to India after she alleged a Pakistani man forced her to marry him at gunpoint: She was escorted by High Commission officials till the Wagah border.
- Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis says he is safe after his helicopter crash-lands in Latur: The chopper had developed a technical snag, officials said.
- Maharashtra minister in trouble for attending wedding reception of Dawood Ibrahim’s relative: The state government has sought a report from the Nashik police about the incident after it was brought to light by a news channel who aired video clips.
- Centre may lose power to grant ISBNs to books after complaints about bureaucratic delays, censorship: The International ISBN Agency has warned the HRD Ministry, which issues the numbers, saying the problems were reaching ‘unacceptable’ levels.
- Arrest warrant issued against yoga guru Bikram Choudhury to bring him back from Mexico: His bail was set at $8 million dollars, a Los Angeles judge said.
- We put Jan 1 as birth date on 1,000 Aadhaar cards as many don’t know when they were born, says UIDAI: The agency said this was part of their regular procedure for people without birth certificates, and not a mistake.
- Paresh Rawal deletes tweets about Arundhati Roy, says ‘coerced’ by Twitter to do so: The Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker, however, defended his remarks and said he would continue to stand by the Indian Army.
- Toll in twin explosions at Jakarta bus station rises to three: At least 10 people, including five police officers, were injured in the incident.
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